Help! Info for 24 gauge JP Sauer shotgun

[Texson]

Better pictureI have posted this same post on another forum with excellent informaion recieved. I would like to expose my need to as many as possible to get all available info possible. I thank all for their courtesy and help.

My stepfather passed away about 20 years ago and my mother gave me a shotgun of his. For years it has been under my bed and recently I pulled it out to see if I could idenify what it actually is as far as gauge, age and worth. I took it to a local gunshop and after a few calls he found out it was a 24 gauge.

There is very little writing on it, only JB Sauer and Son. At the breech it has 12,4 mm. There is also a stamp that looks like a B with a crown on top of it. Also there seems to be a picture of an eagle but it is hard to see the details. It is a single shot, has both a front sight and rear sight. The release for the breech is a lever under the trigger.

It is in very good condition as far as wear and sloppiness is concerned, but the bluing and stock show its age.I know this is not much information, but it is all that I have. If anyone can add to it I would be grateful.By the way the gunshop offered me $200.00 for it, but before I sell it I want a little more information about it. If I am in the wrong forum I apologize. I have looked on the net for information but can find nothing.

 

[oneounceload]

Since I can't back onto that other forum with server issues, I can say I would get a box of 24 gauge shells and try it and see if I like it after a smith has blessed it being used. Sauer guns, while well-made, have prices all over the map - from 300 or so to over 7,000. Yours being a single shot would be a detraction; however, being in good condition, it should be useful to someone looking for a single shot - especially as a garden gun or kid's gun

 

[DaleCooper51]

I read your post this morning and was interested in seeing the pics.

Thanks for posting them, that's a neat looking single shot.

 

[Dave McCracken]

Nice old family gun,and as such it should be treated as part of your heritage, not as an asset to be sold.

Sauer made good stuff. While a single shot in an uncommon gauge will not set the world on fire pricewise, with the right ammo it should make some great memories.

Have a decent smith check it over before firing, like all older shotguns should be.

Ballistic Products offers 24 gauge ammo, and components. Gamebore, et al, do also.

HTH....